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Patriot Games is the second Tom Clancy novel to be presented on the big screen, and of all the films to date, is perhaps the closest adaption of the original novel. That being said, Patriot was a slightly weaker entry for me, with a story focused more on personal vendettas than Clancy's usual international intrigue. Harrison Ford replaces Alec Baldwin in the lead role, and performs handsomely as the CIA (although ex-CIA at the beginning of this film) analyst who has a penchant for getting in the middle of things like John McClane and his &quot;Die Hard&quot; terrorists. In this outing, Clancy uses the IRA rather than the Russians as the story's central villains, with an ultra-violent splinter faction going after the British Royal family, and later, Ryan's family when he gets in the way. The action is brisk, almost too much so, as great leaps are made in the story to make the pieces of investigation short and the parts with guns long. Despite some flaws, Patriot Games does have perhaps the most suspenseful ending of the series, with a nifty night-vision confrontation between Ryan and his IRA opponents. On the whole, Games delivers where it needs to and should keep most people's interest in the series.

Great action/thriller with Harrison Ford, Anne Archer, and Sean Bean, who all give excellent performances. Everyone plays their characters very well. Excellent storyline that's action packed and full of suspense, and a good bit of drama also. Worth a watch... 8/10

Well done. This movie comes very close to the book. I think of all the actors to play Jack Ryan in the movies based off Tom Clancy novels, Harrison Ford does the best job. A good amount of action. Very good movie and worth the watch if you are a fan of the novels. 9/10

GREAT MOVIE! It had been a little while since the last time I watched it, so I wanted to watch it again. I love Tom Clancy's novels and this is s GREAT movie! As a matter of fact, I enjoyed all of Harrison Ford's Jack Ryan movies! ENJOY! :-)

ok, in spite of what i say in my comments, this movie is still entertaining and worth a watch, i believe - others may disagree and rightly so, i'll have t admit - since audiences are smarter these days...HOWEVER i still think it's fun - maybe because i originally saw this movie when it was first released..even still, some more things can honestly be pointed out:
i guess they, the writers, forgot ALL about the reality of the telephone/car phone **emergency breakthrough** option..wtg, ex-CIA dude! lolol! plus, all of those gov't connections he still has??!! not making the most of them early on for the safety of his family??..and so hilarious, even if it's a fun watch to see the film again, how the CIA is so worried about him that they travel to his/their out of city home..but neither he, early on, with some effort OR the CIA, offers the family any kind of protection..oh, wow!!
and then re: the terrorist's friends, they don't want him to go after this family, for practical reasons of survival - yet they keep letting him know all about the family and the various and sundry...well..things..i don't want to give spoilers but just to say: a fun and entertaining movie that i've seen more than once over the years..BUT: seriously?? the filmmakers and actors actually wonder why the ratings for it are not higher?? yes, entertaining to watch but it's things like what i and others have mentioned that make it a relatively solid 3/5 stars and not higher..nothing against the actors, though - they all are very good at what they do..it's just that some of the details of the movie are absurd..but the relatively decent acting may balance that out for some viewers..maybe try it for 25 minutes and then see if you want to see more.

&quot;thank you for you kind note?&quot; ...note??!!..&quot;..a debt of gratitude i shall never be able to repay??&quot; well he could at least TRY!!..knighthood?? they give those designations out like they're gummy bear candies!!..and people just suck it up like it's something real - rarely does a person truly benefit in any substantial way from it..how about leaving the family in their financial will?? better yet, how about a billionaire royal family step it up and write that dr. and his wife a big fat $$2 million dollar check or something - so the daughters' school through and until a ph.D, if she wants it, is payed for!!..and so that family *NEVER* has to be concerned about finances!..plus, what they go through after saving their royal a$$es!!...because i didn't believe this until i did some serious research - but turns out it WAS true!: a friend from england told me that, some years back, the *current* queen of england asked for a 'raise.' apparently, the royal family gets money every year, sourced from the everyday householder citizens - a tax payment of sorts, so they, the royals, can maintain the lifestyle they are accustomed to..she was told, &quot;no!&quot; in no uncertain terms..by parliament or whoever is in charge of all of those decisions..but..so what does she do next?? well, she knew about the money funds for people who are very poor who need help with their utility bills..maybe other kinds of bills, too, i don't remember what the newspaper articles and other reports said re: that detail..but nevertheless: the current queen actually knew about these funds for the very financially poor - and that little b. had the AUDACITY to ask, if the budget was the problem, if instead the government would allow a large portion of those monies to be given to her and her family instead!!..WFRAK??!!..she is going straight to hell when she passes..what a sick witch!..so, yes: give that fictional family a big fat frakking cashiers check..and sell some of all that &amp;hite you don't need, queenie! can't you part with at least half of all of those those properties, jewels, artwork, motor vehicles, private airplanes, pay taxes on all that money, including all of your hidden cash, etc., etc., etc.!!..i mean, maybe you 'give to charity' but it's NOTHING to how much you have [stolen from the far past times and present and counting]..and what i can't believe and neither can my english friend, is that so many people buy into continuing to support that insanity!..we both understand there are many people who love their royals,the dream, the fantasy of it all - but isn't it high time the public STOP their lifestyle?? don't they already have well more than enough to live well on? live super-well on? even if the funding to them ceased?? why, why, why would anyone continue to believe it's ok in this day and age?? esp., why do so many of those who are not at all wealthy continue to support this situation..it's INSANITY!!..we're all living in crazy-town!!..crazy-nation!! as some version of this goes on, all around the globe in one way pr another. :-/

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Patriot Games Reviews

Patriot Games is one helluva an action movie! Harrison Ford burns with intensity playing Jack Ryan as an everyman with a deadly right hook and a staunch moral compass...that is *still* the best incarnation of Ryan on screen. His bar threat to Richard Harris' snaky IRA representative shows an intensity and coldness that Ford rarely shows.

Sean Bean is fiery and unpredictable as vengeance-bent Sean Miller, out for revenge on Jack Ryan with a submachine gun, chiselled cheekbones, and an Ulster accent. Sean Bean is *this* close to being typecast as a villain, he manages to be sympathetic AND menacing - in one of his best roles.
Patrick Bergin is one icy cool customer as he steals the scenes as calculating, psychotic terrorist Kevin O'Donnell. Bergin gives an electrifying performance: violent, menacing, and played with a devilishly cold glint in the eyes.

The rest of the cast, especially Samuel L. Jackson and Richard Harris, play their roles with aplomb. Technically, the film gets top marks. The score by James Horner is up to the maestro's usual top standards. The editing is excellent and the cinematography is quite often stunning.
Phillip Noyce directs with style and a relevancy that was ahead of it's time. Patriot Games is often surprisingly effective, even if some of the outdated tech is often painful to watch. The action scenes are excellent and riveting, with the Irishmen stealing the scenes, or rather, shooting them full of holes with an M16. This was back in the day when they actually bothered to BLOW UP an actual car for a film, rather than CGI a huge fireball on it...*stares wistfully*

Jack Ryan may not be as suave and impeccable chiselled as Bond; he may not know how to kill someone with a hand towel like Jason Bourne...but he has a moral compass, a strong jaw, a stronger right hook, and a sense of decency that, when it is frayed by evil men, can turn into fiery heat in a second. Combined with Tom Clancy's techno-centric, improbable but entertaining plots, Patriot Games is an above average spy thriller.

P.S. Rest in peace, Tom Clancy. You wrote books so big they could be used as house bricks in an emergency. Your plots were so complex they needed alternate universes to make sense. Your Jack Ryan is one of America's favorite characters, because he represents the truth, justice, and American way that they strive for. You named one of your books "Red Rabbit", which was brave, to say the least...

You died too soon, so once again I say, rest in peace. I now turn to John le Carre to fill your empty hole, but I know the page count is too thick for it to be filled up...